Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Engineering
Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Electrical Engineering
Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £62,000 + Overtime
Location:
Northampton
Shift Pattern:
Monday-Friday, rotating early/late shifts
Hours: 05:30-14:00 / 13:30-22:00
Permanent Position
Auxo Engineering is working with an established manufacturing business that is investing heavily in its engineering function and increasing its in-house maintenance capability.
We are looking for Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineers to join a small, growing engineering team within a busy moulding facility.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys being hands-on, solving problems and playing an active role in improving equipment reliability and site performance.
You will be responsible for a combination of planned preventative maintenance, reactive breakdown response, fault-finding and continuous improvement
, working across both electrical and mechanical systems.
As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
- Responding to machinery breakdowns, quickly diagnosing faults and carrying out safe and effective repairs.
- Completing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to minimise equipment failures and unplanned downtime.
- Fault-finding on PLC-controlled machinery, inverters, drives, sensors and three-phase electrical systems
. - Carrying out mechanical maintenance and repairs on gearboxes, pumps, valves, bearings, pneumatic systems and hydraulic circuits
. - Reading and interpreting electrical wiring diagrams, schematics and mechanical drawings.
- Completing risk assessments, permits to work and LOTO/isolation procedures in line with site safety requirements.
- Accurately recording maintenance activities through the site's CMMS.
- Supporting equipment installations, reliability improvements and root-cause analysis.
- Working closely with production and operational teams to identify opportunities to improve plant reliability.
- Providing out-of-hours support for essential operational systems when required.
- Working alongside external contractors and supporting their activities on site.
We are looking for an engineer who is genuinely multi-skilled
, with strong practical experience across both electrical and mechanical maintenance.
You'll ideally have:
- A recognised engineering apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification such as NVQ, City & Guilds or BTEC, preferably with an electrical bias.
- Proven experience working across both electrical fault-finding and mechanical maintenance.
- Experience diagnosing faults on automated manufacturing equipment.
- Good knowledge of PLCs, drives, inverters, sensors and three-phase electrical systems.
- Mechanical maintenance experience, including hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, gearboxes and bearings.
- The ability to confidently read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and mechanical drawings.
- A strong understanding of health & safety, safe systems of work and isolation procedures.
- Good communication and reporting skills.
- A proactive, positive "can-do" attitude with a focus on finding solutions.
- A team-player mentality and a commitment to getting the job right first time.
- Salary £62,000
, depending on experience. - Overtime opportunities available.
- Monday-Friday working pattern.
- Alternating early and late shifts:
- Week 1:
05:30-14:00 - Week 2:
13:30-22:00
- Week 1:
- Company pension.
- The opportunity to join a business investing in its engineering capability.
- A varied role with genuine scope to contribute to continuous improvement and engineering reliability
.
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